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Sidney L. Robbins
Sidney L. Robbins

New York Times, Friday, July 12, 1974

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney L. Robbins has 153 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 50 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,099
Across
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Ruth : BABE
5
Get rid of : SCRAP
10
Has debts : OWES
14
Drinks : ALES
15
Vance or Judaeus : PHILO
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File's partner : RANK
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Monumental creation : STATUEOFLIBERTY
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Kind of carrier : HOD
21
Days of yore : PAST
22
Modify : ALTER
23
Links sound : FORE
24
Ships: Abbr. : STRS
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Marinas : BASINS
29
Oxygen, for one : ELEMENT
32
Works on a cake : ICES
33
Iowa community : AMANA
34
Word after "Strike three!" : OUT
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Monumental creation : BEETHOVENSNINTH
40
Pose : SIT
41
Ward off : AVERT
42
French head : TETE
43
Hardly at all : NOTVERY
45
Sound the ___ : TOCSIN
47
High nest: Var. : AERY
48
Talk profusely : GUSH
49
Loud noise : BLAST
52
Keeps out : BARS
53
Buchwald : ART
56
Monumental creation : ROCKOFGIBRALTAR
60
To be, in Paris : ETRE
61
Server : LADLE
62
Slime : OOZE
63
___ of Worms : DIET
64
Audit entry : ASSET
65
German count : SPEE
Down
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Shindig : BASH
2
Voice : ALTO
3
Draw a ___ on : BEAD
4
Time zone : EST
5
Toothpicks, at the canapé table : SPEARS
6
Selected : CHOSE
7
Falling-out : RIFT
8
"I'm so ___ alone" : ALL
9
Luau dish : POI
10
Warning words : ORELSE
11
Toad feature : WART
12
Heraldic term : ENTE
13
Sour curdled milk : SKYR
18
Brush ___ (practice) : UPON
19
Drink dispenser : BARMAN
23
Clenched hand : FIST
24
Angle : SLANT
25
Hamilton bills : TENS
26
Lobster-eaters' wear : BIBS
27
___ the hole : ACEIN
28
Take care of : SEETO
29
Abrasive : EMERY
30
Ancient dates : NONES
31
Half an ice-cream flavor : TUTTI
33
Sportsman Brundage : AVERY
35
Now's partner : THEN
37
Must : HAVETO
38
Again : OVER
39
Scratch cause : ITCH
44
"A tisket, a ___ ... " : TASKET
45
Gun housing : TURRET
46
Greek peak : OSSA
48
Clark : GABLE
49
Reared : BRED
50
Novelist Pierre : LOTI
51
Area unit : ACRE
52
Bridge-table actions : BIDS
53
At the summit : ATOP
54
Demolish : RAZE
55
___ of heaven : TREE
57
Gulf state: Abbr. : FLA
58
Utility item : GAS
59
___ Angeles : LOS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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